Ottawa church leads Habitat for Humanity build in Franklin County
Ottawa Church of the Brethren plans a nearly $35,000 Habitat home with lead funds and materials. Construction starts April 1 with a September dedication, backed by pledges from local Presbyterians and Methodists and state volunteers. The project aligns with Habitat’s sweat equity, no interest mortgage, and revolving fund to fund future homes.
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Habitat For Humanity
Ottawa Church of the Brethren
Church of the Brethren
W. Ninth St
Jimmy Carter
Citizenship in the Year 2000 essay winners note
Caitlin Smith, a seventh grader at Ottawa Middle School, won an OMS PTA essay contest on citizenship. Her piece urges respectful behavior, equal treatment of peers, standing up for others, good sportsmanship, avoiding drugs, respecting elders, and pride in one’s school and community.
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Ottawa
Caitlin Smith
OMS Parent Teachers Organization
Appanoose Junior High boys win league title in thriller
The Appanoose team, seeded fifth, earned the championship with 38-35 over Scranton, 38-29 over Williamsburg, and 50-38 over Lyndon. Their drive and coach’s guidance inspired a supportive community and a hopeful poem about dreamers and future success.
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Appanoose Junior High
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Williamsburg
Lyndon
Appanoose
Lynn
Pomona High Sports
Dear Bill Bradley health care dream from Kansas doctor
Dr Bud Gollier of Ottawa writes a Community Viewpoints piece recalling a 1960s Kansas encounter with Bill Bradley and sharing a grass roots health care reform concept. He urges patient empowerment, preventive care incentives, lower costs, and potential tax credits for employers to reduce premiums and Medicaid reliance.
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Cancer Society
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Heart Association
Bud Gollier
Budget brinkmanship over school funding in Kansas
Hawver outlines how lawmakers and Gov. Graves engineered a temporary fix to avoid cutting the $50 per pupil state aid for schools. Democrats and Republicans trade blame, while Graves is portrayed as the target of political maneuvering. The piece notes no final reduction occurred and hints at credits and funding mechanics, ending with contact detail for Hawver’s Capitol Report.
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Statehouse
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